Sherry Shannon-Vanstone is a mathematician, cryptographer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She founded Profound Impact in 2018?  Profound Impact's mission is ‘to connect great people to do great things’.

She had an early interest in mathematics and learned along her dad who’s was studying to be an electrical engineer.  By the time she was in 5th grade, she tested her aptitudes and she scored 10th grade.

Sherry started her career working as a cryptographer for the US government before moving on to start-ups in Silicon Valley and then Canada. She was an innovator in technology and in leadership.

Along with her late husband, they took the technology that was used for smartphones and applied it to vehicle: they needed security, authentification, etc. They quickly became security experts for the US Department of Transportation.

She loves being an entrepreneur because ‘you can see the impact that you're making.  You're hiring people and touch every one of those lives.  There is so much energy in learning new things’.

She founded ‘Profound Impact’ which helps education, research and community organizations leverage data to measure program impact, tell their story and inform strategy.

Sherry is also involved in supporting other women through an organisation called the Perimeter Institute. Physics is one area where women are the most underrepresented and the goal of the Perimeter Institute is to support 10 female PhD students in physics from around the world.

I would love to hear any comments you might have on this episode and respond to any questions. You can find me on the Brave New World Facebook page, on Linkedin or on my website: www.ceciliapoullain.com

Cecilia Poullain
Founder of Brave New Women
Coach - Empowering Women to Find their Voice

Music: Stephen Marquis www.songsta.com.au
Editing: Talal Bouroki

Cecilia Poullain
Founder of Brave New Women
Coach - Empowering Women to Find their Voice